i'm having a problem connecting to my wireless network from my guest OS which is Ubuntu 10. My host OS is Windows Vista.I've read numerous of forum posts, etc.. but i still can't get it to work despite following the most common guidelines.

You need two things: a valid connection with your wireless router/access point with the Host system; and a valid IP address inside the Guest. If you have not configured the eth1 adapter (which should be your bridged one), then you need to do that. A simple 'sudo dhclient eth1' from a terminal should do the trick, if you don't see an IP address on the interface with 'ifconfig -a'.Once you have a proper bridged connection with the Guest, you can set a static address on that interface so it won't change. Make sure it's outside the DHCP scope of your router, so you won't get IP conflicts.

Well, i'm not sure what you mean with 'a valid connection', but accessing the internet, etc.. with my wireless connection is no prob with my host OS using the broadcom adapter. are there other router configurations i should take care of maybe ?

Could you post your VM configuration here please? I'll see tomorrow (or someone else will before me) what is wrong here. The router shouldn't need any configuration at all, not even the VM MAC address in it's accept list.

Ok, then the Guest should be able to get a DHCP offer on eth1 from the Linux Guest, if the Host is configured with DHCP too. What happens if you set a static address on it, in the same range as the Host? For example, if the Host has 192.168.1.100, use these commands and ping the host and router from the Guest:

Sasquatch wrote:Ok, then the Guest should be able to get a DHCP offer on eth1 from the Linux Guest, if the Host is configured with DHCP too. What happens if you set a static address on it, in the same range as the Host? For example, if the Host has 192.168.1.100, use these commands and ping the host and router from the Guest:

strangely enough, everything worked untill today. after booting up the vm it doesn't connect anymore.when i ifconfig -a, i notice that the ipaddress isn't set anymore. so when i set the ipaddress again and the gateway, it workst again.do i need to repeat the previous commands everytime ? or can i prevent the machine from losing it's ipaddress.

in my router settings there's also the option to bind an ipaddress to a mac address, is this what i need to do ?